The suspected victim of monkey pox in Gboko has been moved to the Benue State Teaching Hospital (BSUTH)
The woman identified as Wuese Alough disclosed that she
must have contacted the disease from her boyfriend who visited her from
Enugu a few weeks ago.
Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr. Cecelia
Ojabo, who spoke with newsmen, on Wednesday, disclosed that on receiving
the report of the suspected case, she immediately deployed medical
doctors to Gboko to get the victim and move her to the hospital for
further medical investigation.
Dr. Ojabo explained that the blood sample of the suspected
victim would be taken for necessary laboratory analysis to confirm
whether or not they were indeed a case of Monkey pox or not even as she
called on people of the state not to panic but remain calm as necessary
measures were in place to protect them from the disease.
She pointed out that the state government had, long before
now, shown serious concern over the outbreak of the virus in other parts
of the country, and that was why it embarked on serious sensitisation
campaigns on how to people can guide against contacting.
The Commissioner appealed to anyone who sees and suspects
Monkey Pox to immediately report same to the nearest medical facility
for prompt action and advised the people to abstain from consumption of
any form of Bush meat, particularly monkey, rat, squirrel, stressing
that they should also reduce handshake as these preventive measures
would go a long way in preventing it’s spread.
Ojabo also called on Medical personnel to have a high index
of suspicion of all fever of unknown origin and make necessary referral
to the infectious Unit of the Benue State Teaching Hospital.
Credit: LIB
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